4 players killed on the Purvanchal Expressway: The car accident claimed lives, and they had left after speaking with their families for the last time to play a match.

Four cricket players died in an accident on the Purvanchal Expressway in Sultanpur on Wednesday morning. The Ertiga car met with an accident at kilometer 97 in the Baldiray area. Post-mortem examinations were conducted on three bodies in Sultanpur and one in Ayodhya. The post-mortem process was completed after 5 pm on Wednesday. The bodies were then handed over to the families. A pall of gloom has descended on the families. Irfan was the eldest of four brothers.